The Irish Times

UK competition authority seeks more power

Regulator wants to be able compel businesses to stop practices it believes to be illegal without having to go to court

Mon Feb 25 2019 - 16:17

Britain needs new watchdog to shake up 'Big Four' accountants

EY, Deloitte, KPMG and PwC check the accounts of 341 of the top 350 UK companies

Tue Dec 18 2018 - 07:43

Carillion’s demise spurs call for action against Big Four

Outsourcer’s fate exposed ‘systemic flaws’ in corporate Britain and its ‘toothless’ and ‘feeble’ regulators, say Commons committees

Wed May 16 2018 - 07:45

Barclays boss Jess Staley faces City after whistleblower scandal

London Letter: Scourge of bankers Andrew Tyrie steps down after ‘exhilarating’ career

Wed Apr 26 2017 - 05:23

Theresa May promises White Paper on Brexit plan

Prime minister moves to quell backbenchers with policy document before invoking article 50

Wed Jan 25 2017 - 17:50

Bonking overrides banking as investigation report published

As competition authority report into banking comes out so does news of bank boss’s tryst

Tue Aug 09 2016 - 18:32

London Briefing: Mark Carney’s Brexit hero period evaporates

UK central bank governor rebuts claims of ‘phoney forecasts’ in favour of Remain

Wed Jul 13 2016 - 06:00

Dispute over number of EU migrants in UK

New figures are based on national insurance numbers issued to foreign nationals

Mon Apr 04 2016 - 21:24

Cameron vows to learn budget fiasco lessons

British prime minister refuses to apologise for £4.4bn in cuts to disability benefits

Thu Mar 24 2016 - 01:00

Brexit: EU official warns of consequences for UK financial services

Jonathan Hill says impact on UK’s access to single market would be ‘significant’

Tue Mar 01 2016 - 14:04

EU referendum is driving demand for sterling protection, says Carney

Governor says bank is not making judgment on consequences of Britain’s referendum

Tue Feb 23 2016 - 10:56

George Osborne faces fresh quiz over £130m Google tax deal

Downing Street backs chancellor over tax settlement after initial hesitation

Wed Jan 27 2016 - 01:01

UK jets carry out ‘successful’ attacks on Isis targets in Syria

David Cameron warns ‘this necessary action’ in region will take patience and persistence

Thu Dec 03 2015 - 16:12

UK bombings on Isis could begin on Thursday after Commons vote

Motion in favour of divisive air attacks passes by 397 to 223 after 10-hour debate

Wed Dec 02 2015 - 22:43

British MPs to question head of RBS over last week’s IT failure

Ross McEwan to face committee over glitch at four banking units including Ulster Bank

Mon Jun 22 2015 - 01:00

Political point-scoring continues as spotlight shined into HSBC scandal

Fallout from tax evasion activities of bank’s Swiss operations not abating

Wed Feb 18 2015 - 01:00

Ex-Tory treasurer Lord Fink admits using Swiss trusts to avoid taxes

Admission by hedge fund boss seen by Labour as major victory for party

Fri Feb 13 2015 - 09:44

UK claims ministers had no knowledge of HSBC tax scandal until this week

Closing of ranks in UK parliament and in British financial services after revelations

Thu Feb 12 2015 - 09:08

Bank of England payments system failure spooks investors

London Briefing: chaos in City as part of automated system crashes

Wed Oct 22 2014 - 01:00

British Co-op group rocked as chief executive resigns

Euan Sutherland describes organisation as ‘ungovernable’

Wed Mar 12 2014 - 01:00

Barclays chief on back foot over bonuses and job cuts

Antony Jenkins has made it his mission to clean up the bank’s image

Wed Feb 12 2014 - 01:01

Lloyds Bank disappoints on dividend after mis-selling charge

Bank said it expected to apply to the regulator in the second half of the year to restart dividend payments

Mon Feb 03 2014 - 20:35

Homing in on the ‘boomerang generation’

A record 3.35 million 20-34 year olds in UK still live at home, research shows

Tue Jan 21 2014 - 22:06

Who knew that Co-op, the ethical bank, was just like all the others – reckless and greedy

The disgrace of Paul Flowers is also a disaster for the bank which he chaired

Wed Nov 20 2013 - 01:00

Concerns that UK is fueling property market

New programme allows people to buy home with deposit of just 5%

Tue Oct 08 2013 - 14:08

Expectations high as ‘outstanding central banker of his generation’ takes over at Bank of England

Poll finds two-thirds of MPs want governor to shift bank’s focus from inflation targets to growth

Mon Jul 01 2013 - 01:00

Reckless bankers should face jail in event of bailouts, UK report says

George Osborne rules out breaking RBS into a good bank and a bad bank

Thu Jun 20 2013 - 01:07

Support for splitting RBS into good bank and bad bank

Leaked details of parliamentary commission report say no firm recommendation on split

Wed Jun 05 2013 - 01:00

Crosby apology no surprise after damning HBOS report

Will abysmal management be punished by lifetime bans from the City?

Tue Apr 09 2013 - 23:27

HBOS report says bank would have collapsed even without crisis

Defence of Irish business suggested ‘almost wilful blindness’ to weaknesses of directors’ strategy

Fri Apr 05 2013 - 20:56

MPs fear UK banks will copy BoI’s tracker rate increase

Commons chairman complains UK Financial Services Authority failed to answer questions

Sat Mar 30 2013 - 06:00